november 8th
08.59 – Dennis Bergkamp has reacted angrily to the FA’s decision to charge him with misconduct.
He says “The FA are nothing but a bunch of scurrilous, plague carrying cuntsacks”. Well, he didn’t really, but he is a bit cheesed off with the whole thing. He really says “We (Arsenal) don’t want to seem like we are feeling sorry for ourselves but we do feel there have been some harsh decisions against us.” Yes, like Patrick Vieira being charged even though comedy ref Andy D’Urso agreed to drop the charges, and Dennis being done for something that the referee dealt with at the time, therefore it shouldn’t have gone as far as the FA’s trial by TV department.
Other good news is that Sol Campbell and Lauren are struggling to be fit for tomorrow’s game against Newcastle. We can cope without Lauren, but I’d put Sol out on crutches rather than play Igors, who quite ridiculously is next in line for a centre half spot in the team. Without Keown, and with Cygan taking more time to find his feet in the Premiership, we’re desperately short of cover at the back. I’ve said this before, I really think we need better quality if we want to be a force in Europe, and let’s be honest, the thoughts of Shearer up against Igors and Cygan fills my bowels with fresh poo. Let’s have Upson back please Mr Wenger. Please. And if you’ve got a few bob to spare, start looking for a centre half to bring in during the January sales.
Myles Palmer is growing increasingly eccentric in his column on ANR. What used to be a fine site about Arsenal, with clever insight and some forthright opinion, has now descended into a mish-mash of football in general, Myles’ anecdotes about gigs he’s seen and in his latest effort he starts talking about the upcoming Newcastle game, and all of a sudden ends up talking about Robert Palmer singing in the back of a van after he left a Jethro Tull concert because it was too loud. For God’s sake man. We know you’re not an Arsenal fan, but you used to write good Arsenal stuff. Get back to basics Myles, do the simple things, let the ball do the work, and so on….
“Johnny’s always running around, trying to find……” ….argh, it’s catching. I’ve caught ‘Robert Palmer’ from ANR.
